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9780590100786

How To Write Poetry Scholastic Guides

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  • ISBN13:

    9780590100786

  • ISBN10:

    0590100785

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-04-01
  • Publisher: Scholastic Reference

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Summary

Whether writing a poem to a crush, writing to express your deepest thoughts, or just having fun with words, this book shows you how poems can be constructed and gives you tips to improve your writing From getting started to the finished product, How to Write Poetry is an essential book for every young poet to own. Paul B. Janeczko, an award-winning poet and compiler of best-selling poetry anthologies for young people, shares his very thorough tips on the art of writing poetry. Where do you get ideas? What are simple poems to write? How do you find just the right word? What pitfalls should you watch out for? These and many other questions are answered by the author, in example poems, and through quotes from other famous poets.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Getting Ready
1(13)
Finding Ideas and Saving Them
1(4)
A Word About Privacy
5(1)
The Right Tools
5(2)
The Right Time and Place
7(1)
A Checklist of Pitfalls
7(3)
Reading
10(3)
Something to Read
13(1)
Starting to Write
14(13)
The Writing Process
14(3)
Acrostic Poems
17(3)
Something to Read
20(1)
Poetcraft: Sound
21(5)
Sound Effects
22(2)
Repetition
24(2)
Something to Listen To
26(1)
Writing Poems that Rhyme
27(15)
Synonym Poems
27(4)
Opposites
31(3)
Something to Read
34(1)
Poetcraft: Creating Images
35(3)
Clerihews
38(3)
Something to Read
41(1)
Writing Free Verse Poems
42(45)
List Poems
44(11)
Something to Read
55(1)
Poetcraft: Word Choice
55(4)
Poems to Address
59(2)
Something to Read
61(2)
Poetcraft: Figurative Language
63(6)
Persona Poems
69(6)
Something to Read
75(1)
Narrative Poems
75(5)
Something to Read
80(1)
Poetcraft: Line Breaks
81(6)
When Your Poem is Finished
87(6)
Making Books
87(2)
Making Cards and Posters
89(1)
Submitting Poems to a Publisher
90(3)
A Checklist of Good Poetry Books 93(4)
Glossary 97(9)
Biographical Notes 106(6)
Index 112(2)
About the Author 114(1)
Books 115
Paul B. Janeczko

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